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- ICE is preparing to hire 5,000 new employees by year-end.
- The hires would raise ICE’s workforce about 17 percent.
- Funding for the expansion comes from new congressional appropriations.
- Most new hires will be deportation officers handling arrests and case management.
- ICE says it will tighten vetting standards after last year’s hires faced criticism.
